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Possible Selves Research Paper

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Markus & Nurius (1986) defines the concept possible selves, “Individuals’ ideas of what they might become, what they would like to become, and what they are afraid of becoming, and thus provide a conceptual link between cognition and motivation.” Possible selves include an individual’s desired self and feared self. Fear is a motivator. Positive self is the goal. Depending on the context, an individual wants to get far away from their negative possible self while getting closer to their positive possible self. All actions are technically taken into consideration for any possible consequence in this individual’s future. Possible selves are connected to social identity. Social identity is based on memberships in groups, such as social class,

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